GREAT VALLEY - Officials at Cattaraugus County's Pumpkinville want others to know "your family's fun is our business."
The fall attraction features a number of activities including a duck derby which allows participants to use old-fashioned water pumps to move ducks, hayrides, gem mining, a corn maze, farm animals, pony rides, a cow train, corn cannon shoot, storyland, a spook house, cider mill and pumpkin patch.
Goods can also be purchased including pies, sweets, crafts, fall decorations, apples and more.
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If pumpkins are what you’re looking for, you’ll find them at Pumpkinville in Great Valley. The seasonal attraction is open now through Oct. 31.
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A 120-year-old cider mill is one of the attractions. Visitors are able to watch apples being pressed into cider by the mill that was built in 1898.
Refreshments are also available and include grilled items, barbecued fare, ice cream, a snack shack, pumpkin doughnuts, fudge, maple products and more.
Special events will also be featured during fall including the cider fest, which includes which took place last weekend; Ellicottville's fall festival, which runs Oct. 8 to 10; and a giant pumpkin weigh-off set for Oct. 2.
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What: Pumpkinville
When: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily through Oct. 31
Where: 4844 Sugartown Road, Great Valley
Cost: free admission
For more info, call 699-2205 or visit www.pumpkinville.com.
* 32.0 miles from downtown Jamestown.
What: Harmonic Brass
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday
Where: Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 508 Cherry St., Jamestown
Cost: free
Five-piece band from Germany returns to Jamestown for sixth local performance.
* 0 miles from downtown Jamestown.
What: Willow Creek 10-Year Anniversary Show
When: 8 p.m. to midnight, Saturday
Where: Herman Kent American Legion Post 777, 26 Jackson Ave., Celoron
Cost: free
Local band marks 10 years of making music by bringing back past members for one night only.
* 2.7 miles from downtown Jamestown.
What: LINKS Pink Walk
When: 11 a.m., Sunday
Where: WCA
Hospital Jones Memorial Health
Center, 51 Glasgow Ave., Jamestown
Cost: free
Fundraiser to celebrate those who have battled breast cancer and to enhance local cancer care. Activities to include the Balloon Man, face painting, games, pink nails and extensions by Salon One, pink refreshments, and a basket drawing. For more info, call 664-8423 or visit www.wcahospital.org.
* 0.6 miles from downtown Jamestown.
"Visit and enjoy the spirit of the fall harvest and the beauty of Western New York," reports the attractions website, adding it is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from the third Saturday in September to Oct. 31 at 4844 Sugartown Road.
Dan Pawlowski, who runs Pumpkinville with his family, said he urges people to bring cameras and appetites but leave watches at home.
"It's for kids of all ages," he said, adding youth in their 90s have enjoyed the facility, whether they take advantage of the activities or enjoying the fall foliage in the valley.
Pawlowski said he thinks families are so bound for time, he is glad to offer them a time to step back and not be in a hurry while they enjoy everything from seeing where pumpkins come from in the ground to farm animals or a spook house.
He said the facility began in the late 1960s and is the oldest operating pumpkin farm in the state.
Call 699-2205 or visit pumpkinville.com for more information.